Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Stone Town of Zanzibar' has mentioned 'Construction' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| The name "Stone Town" comes from the ubiquitous use of coral stone as the main construction material; this stone gives the town a characteristic, reddish warm colour. | WIKI |
| The individual buildings in the Stone town manifest, through their structure, construction materials and techniques, the interchange and influence of the different cultures around the Indian Ocean rim. | UNESCO |
| The materials and the skills of construction used in the town are still widely used in the Zanzibar archipelago and the Swahili coastal zone. | UNESCO |
| The local artisans are competent in both the traditional building techniques and the skills needed to produce quality construction materials, namely laterite-sand, lime and coral stone. | UNESCO |
| Traditional materials and construction techniques are still being employed to a large extent, though there is growing competition from modern materials, designs, and techniques.The continuity of traditional uses of most of the buildings in the historic town as residential and commercial space maintains the town as an important administrative and economic centre of the archipelago. | UNESCO |
| Nevertheless, an integrated and sustainable conservation and development approaches are urgently needed in order to develop practical sustainable management strategies to ensure that the overall coherence of the town and its highly distinctive town planning, architecture and traditional methods and materials of construction are sustained. | UNESCO |